Disparities in CVD and Stroke

Research Focus:
Acute post-stroke recovery period in the African American population.

Center Director:
Robert Adams, MD, MS

Training Director:
Daniel Lackland, DrPH, FAHA

Principal Investigators:

• Mark Kindy, PhD, FAHA
  Metabolic determinants of vascular stiffness in health disparities related stroke


• Leonardo Bonilha, MD, PhD
  Influence of pre-morbid brain health on stroke recovery


• Gayenell Magwood, PhD
  Community-based Intervention under Nurse Guidance after Stroke (CINGS)

Research Focus:
Aims to improve cardiovascular health by understanding the risk and resilience factors among African Americans.

Center Director:
Herman Taylor Jr., MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA

Training Director:
Gregory Strayhorn, MD, PhD
Sandra Dunbar, RN, PhD, FAAN, FAHA, FPCNA

Principal Investigators:

• Charles Searles, MD, FAHA and Dean Jones, PhD
  MicroRNA and metabolic profiles associated with social and environmental risk factors in blacks


• Arshed Quyyumi, MD and Priscilla Pemu, MBBS, MSCR, FACP
  Impact of technology-based intervention for improving self-management behaviors in black adults


• Peter Baltrus, PhD and Tené Lewis, PhD
  Social and Environmental Factors contributing to Cardiovascular Risk and Resilience among Blacks

Research Focus:
Overall objective is to investigate whether fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) contributes to racial and socioeconomic disparities in heart failure and chronic kidney disease.

Center Director:
Myles Wolf, MD, MMSc
Mercedes Carnethon, PhD, FAHA

Training Director:
Clyde Yancy, MD, MSc, MACC, FAHA, MACP

Principal Investigators:

• Myles Wolf, MD, MMSc
  Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiac Injury Induced by FGF23 in the Settings of High Phosphate Diet and CKD


• Orlando Gutierrez, MD, MMSc
  Impact of lowering phosphate additive intake on mineral metabolism and cardiovascular health in communityliving adults


• Mercedes Carnethon, PhD, FAHA
  Contribution of Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 to Racial Disparities in Left Ventricular Mass and Albumin/Creatinine Ratio

Research Focus:
Disparities of American Indian and Alaska Natives with Hypertension and detrimental effects of negative stereotypes on minority patients.

Center Director:
Spero Manson, PhD

Training Director:
Spero Manson, PhD

Principal Investigators:

• Irene Blair, PhD
  Discrimination and Allostatic Load Among American Indians


• Edward Havranek, MD
  An Intervention to Increase Engagement with Hypertension Care for American Indian Patients


• John Steiner, MD, MPH
  Improving Hypertension Care of American Indians and Alaska Natives through Interactive Voice Response Technolog